AFCEA and GMU are jointly sponsoring a conference with the goal of bringing academia, industry and government together to consider current critical issues in C4I technology and systems R&D. We believe this is in the US national interest and that of our international coalition partners. The conference will focus on a selected set of hot topics. Our agenda this year will be made up of invited speakers, so no call for papers will be issued. Our advisory committee has been chosen based on their involvement at the cutting edge and they promise to bring in an exciting group of speakers.